Locked On Red Sox

The Red Sox took one on the chin and lost 6-1 in the series opener against the Texas Rangers Tuesday night at Fenway Park. With Tuesday night's loss, the Red Sox have lost 5 of 6 and are a game below .500 at 18-19. The Red Sox were out hit, 16-6 by the Rangers and were held to 6 hits or less for the 9th time this season. ----- Giolito At Fenway: Lucas Giolito made his 1st start at Fenway with the Red Sox and he was unable to get out of the 4th Inning. Giolito exited after giving up 5 runs on 7 hits in the frame. The righty allowed 10 hits and 6 earned runs in taking his 1st loss of the season. Giolito kept the ball in the ballpark, and it ended a streak of 8 straight games where the Red Sox starting pitcher gave up at least 1 Home Run. ----- Hitter Notes: Kristian Campbell hit in the cleanup spot for the 2nd straight game. Campbell broke out of an 0-for-10 slide at the plate with a 2-out RBI single in the 6th Inning. Trevor Story went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts in the opener. Over his last 12 games, Story has